United States presidential election in Oregon, 1996
Main article: United States presidential election, 1996
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| County Results
Clinton—50-60%
Clinton—<50%
Dole—<50%
Dole—50-60%
Dole—60-70% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1996 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.
Oregon was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-Kansas), with Clinton winning 47.2% to 39.1% by a margin of 8.1%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-Texas) finished in third with 8.8% of the popular vote.[1]
Oregon was one of thirteen states where on the election ballot, James Campbell of California, Perot's former boss at IBM, was listed as a stand-in Vice-Presidential candidate.[2]
Results
| United States presidential election in Oregon, 1996[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton | 649,641 | 47.15% | 7 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | 538,152 | 39.06% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | 121,221 | 8.80% | 0 | |
| Pacific Green | Ralph Nader | 49,415 | 3.59% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | 8,903 | 0.65% | 0 | |
| Independent | Howard Phillips | 3,379 | 0.25% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | John Hagelin | 2,798 | 0.20% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 2,329 | 0.17% | 0 | ||
| Socialist | Mary Cal Hollis | 1,922 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,377,760[3] | 100.0% | 7 | ||
References
- 1 2 "1992 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Perot Names Stand-in Veep Candidate". CNN.com. August 21, 1996. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- ↑ 1996 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon". U.S. Election Atlas.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, February 06, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.